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I'm another who has had to learn to handle this well. Deflection's good for me too. "Thanks very much, it's great to see you" or "Oh cheers, thanks for dropping down, we're really enjoying it" always goes okay, and if there's an awkward moment, I turn it back on them... for instance ask where they've come from ("Oh wow, from Catford??? Amazing!!") or ask if they could hear everything okay in the room (guy punters always enjoy this, and usually give an answer which I nod seriously to and then ignore). I try never to say *thanks, but I was having a nightmare" as it's contradicting them, in a way. A firm handshake and repeating "Nice one, cheers" usually ends it okay. Drunks are something else. I had one recently who was repeatedly over-effusive in that particular manner which in reality is only an fraction away from calling you a twat and lamping you. Nasty.

Hope you score those tickets, dude. I never saw the Stones... and I LOVE the Stones. Out of all their support acts, I'd most have loved to see the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in '69. Aww, Tina... show mercy to them poor skinny white boys! I met Ike once, but that's a long story....

Good stuff on this thread. IMO, gigs like this are a no-no for anyone over roughly 24 unless there are benefits you can wangle. When we did the Enterprise (four years ago now) we knew it was crap, but decided to do it because... 1. We wanted to strip the four-piece down to a duo for a laugh, and see if it could work (it did, kinda) 2. I wanted to lose my pedal-steel-in-front-of-a-real-audience cherry 3. A mate reckoned he could get a decent hand-held video out of it (he was as good as his word) For travellers from far afield, alas I don't see any benefits at all... unless you can find another, better London gig the same weekend. I sympathise with the OP's position, I've been the cynical one many times and it's a fine line between trying to share your hard-won experience for the good of the band and running the risk of being seen by the keener members as a negative influence.

It is a pub... not a bad one... gigs are held in the room above. PA is okay-ish. I played there once in a previous band and it was a normal Camden gig - ie parking is near-impossible within a mile, punters were variable and somewhat jaded, and our singer made the classic error of being flattered into taking the "headline" spot, which meant that all the other acts had vanished by the time we got on, so we played to even less people than all the bands before. I'm old, but to me "showcase" sets of the same alarm bells as "exposure". Personally I wouldn't be keen to travel from south of the river let alone Scotland, but it MAY be an ok night, and as an originals band your outlook might be different to mine...

Your suspicions are well founded. Not isolated, despite claims. See here: http://stinkfoot.se/archives/808

As said above. I keep a -30dB inline attenuator in the bag pocket. Works fine.

Same old same old in the Dog & Decibel Meter last night. Is it just me getting old and jaded, or is the proliferation of sh*te "coke" making for even more arseholish behaviour than normal? Getting really sick of manic, gurning, teeth-grinding tosspots spoiling it for everyone in the place.

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Nice project on first look but the real shame is that it's been a leftie.

Love CDAMTF, did it a few months ago. Today's tricky for me but have a goodie!

I'm no expert but it seems the combination of blade pickups and raised logo might indicate 1967, not 1968. Have you tried cross-checking against Steve Russell's site at [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/gallery/gallery2/bass.html"]http://www.vintageho...lery2/bass.html[/url] ?

We have many German friends here on Basschat, so.... My long-time buddy Hazel is doing two dates in Berlin with her small band very soon and cannot entrust her Gibson to the airline. She is a good person, mature, experienced, and a remarkable songwriter.... Do any of our Berlin-dwelling Basschatters have an Epiphone / Peerless / Samick 335 or Casino or similar that they might be able to lend? Needs to be a thinline semi, and able to feed back PM me and I will put her in touch with you. Beer and making new friends is guaranteed!

The writer's name is Starshine Roshell. That's about all I need to know.

^Good work... This guy on Twitter says he was a mate of theirs... https://twitter.com/RockcliffeFiles/status/393138421465874434

Ebony Rhythm Band, Light My Fire (though it's instrumental) Johnny Jones & The Casuals, Purple Haze Merry Clayton, Southern Man

Serial numbers from that period can be inaccurate by two whole years. Neck heel date is the one. Pot codes are a nice back-up.

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] Always full up on a Precision for me. But the knob can be useful in the first tune if I've had to guess the master volume setting because we haven't had a soundcheck. Which is often. Also good for delicately rolling off the last note as the cymbals die away... a professional little touch which I'm confident invariably goes unnoticed. [/font][/color]

Not much to go on! A Hofner might swing the needle towards it being some unknown UK or European club combo, though. And if (it's a big if) that's an Ajax drum logo I espy, then it's a cert.

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Nope. I wouldn't do it.

Currently springing to mind: Sorrow, Lady Grinning Soul, Teenage Wildlife...

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1421966272' post='2667340'] Ooh yes please, would be great! [/quote] *phew* that was in a VERY obscure place! Actually it's a Wilkinson. Fits into Precision bass screw holes. The D string tunes at the bridge end, and is clamped up top by a natty dual-purpose replacement string tree. Comes with instructions, screws, a new nut blank, and even a B string… but I wouldn't use that, 'cos this all this stuff is about 20 years old. Brand new and unused, in knackered box [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/transalp1998/media/bridge_zpstzwup8cm.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/transalp1998/bridge_zpstzwup8cm.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Sorry for the late reply! I'll get amongst my boxes of clobber tomorrow.

I've got a Schaller 5-string conversion bridge stashed away somewhere.... want me to hunt it out?

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